Cockatoo Island: shipyard for 134 years
Naval Historical Society of Australia: The First Naval Dockyard of the Royal Australian Navy Cockatoo Island, Shipbuilding, 1870 to 1986
By David Michael*
Cockatoo Island is...
CN outlines what is need for ship-building
By Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy*
As an island nation, Australia depends on sea lines of communication and maritime trade. For us, there can be...
US Navy’s ship-repair problem
By Michael Hogan*
The US Navy has well-documented issues with building warships. Less discussed, but equally important, are issues with repairing the ships it already...
Not enough Australian content in Defence contracts: Audit
The national audit office has found Defence has failed to maximise Australian industry participation in its vast procurement program and its arrangements to achieve...
The cost of defence: 2025-26
The 2025-26 Defence Budget misses a crucial opportunity to prepare the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and defence industrial base for future challenges, the Australian...
Russian oil flowing through Indon free port
Russia has quietly opened a new route to circumvent sanctions and maintain its oil exports—this time through a remote Southeast Asian port, Ukraine’s Foreign...
Chief of Navy 2025 Essay Competition opens
Entries are now open for the 2025 Chief of Navy Essay Competition. The Chief of Navy Essay Competition aims to promote knowledge of and...
Russian sub strikes with cruise missile
Russia’s newest Yasen-M class submarine launched on 19 May 2025 a cruise missile that reached a target about 500 kilometres away. The “Arkhangelsk” (K-562)...
USS Truman’s massive strike in Somalia
The acting US Chief of Naval Operations has confirmed that the US Navy recently conducted the largest airstrike ever launched from an aircraft carrier,...
Minilateralism and Indian Ocean security
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
When considering the future of Indo-Pacific security and minilateralism in the Indian Ocean, we should first clarify which minilaterals we are talking...